Kurdish forces say they have seized a military base from ISIS in Syria

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last updated 23 June 2015

On Monday, Syrian Kurdish forces announced they have made their way deeper into Islamic State territory, capturing a military base from ISIS in Raqqa province.

The Kurds are assisted by smaller Syrian rebel groups and U.S.-led airstrikes, and they're now within four miles of Ain Issa, a town 30 miles north of ISIS's de facto capital of Raqqa. "They have been defeated," Kurdish forces spokesman Redur Xelil told Reuters. ISIS captured the military base, Liwa 93, in 2014 from the Syrian military. ISIS was dealt another blow last week, when Kurdish-led forces seized a border crossing from the group, cutting off a supply line to Raqqa.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.